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    FORENSIC TRAUMATOLOGY

    and INJURIES

    Prof. Dr. Hakan KAR


    Mersin University
    Faculty of Medicine
    Department of Forensic Medicine
    Classification of Injuries

    ● Mechanical

    ● Physical

    ● Chemical

    ● Biological
    FACTORS AFFECTING WOUND
    FORMATION

     Physical factors:

    – Amount of kinetic energy

    – Duration of force

    – Area that force applied

    – Elasticity of the object

     Biomechanical features of tissue


    Description of an injury
     Localization
     Size
    – Length
    – Width
    – Depth
     Shape
     Margins
     Angles
     Queue
     Bleeding
     Route
     Age of the injury

    Severity of the injury - Vital hazard


    MECHANICAL INJURIES

    Sharp injuries
    Penetrating
    Blunt Traumas

    Sharp penetrating
    Firearm injuries Sharp and crush injuries
    injuries
    BLUNT TRAUMAS

    Bruise, ecchymosis, contusion


    Abrasion - Scratch

     The harm is limited with epidermis


    Blunt traumatic lesions

    Scratch - abrasion
    E

    D
     Antemortem

    – Red brown

     Postmortem

    – Yellow-semitranslucent
    Brush Abrasion- Tangentially

    Tag
    Laceration- Rupture
    Avulsion
    Blunt trauma

    - İrregular margins
    - Tissue bridges made of intact vessels
    and nerves
    - Abrasion and contusion next to margins
    Hematoma
    Periorbital Hematoma

    Direct –Indirect
    Fractures
    Is external examination enough?
    AUTOPSY

    AUTOPSY
    Shaped– Patterned Lesions

    Blunt traumatic lesions are usually shapless


    Shaped Lesions

    Tekerlek
    Bite
    Ray şeklinde ekimoz ?

     Railway ecchymosis
    SHARP INJURIES

    Cuts

    Length > Depth

    Have Queue

    Regular margins

    Usually there is no bleeding at surrounding tissues and


    subcotaneus tissue
    ANGLES – Sharp injuries

    Both of angles are narrow


    Queue of the wound

    DIRECTION
    Begining Queue….. Short
    Ending Queue…. Longer
    B

    E
    Queue of the wound - Origin
    Hesitation cuts – Origin?
    Throath Cut – Cause of death?
    Origin: Homicide/ Suicide
    Origin? Tentative cuts
    DEFENSE CUTS

    Especially on palm and

    external side of forearm


    SHARP PENETRATING INJURIES

     KNIFES

     Both side sharp

     One side sharp


    WOUND

    – Cut
    – There is a distinct depth
    – Angles by barrel;
     Both Narrow
     One Narrow One Wide
    – Queue (end side)
    – Regular margins
    – Depth of the wound may be;
    shorter/same/longer
    (accordion effect) than
    Barrels length
    Angles -I
    Angles –II / trace
    SHARP AND CRUSH INJURIES

     OBJECT

    – Handle

    – Barrel

     Sharp-edged

     Heavy object
     Sharp and Crash
    Injuries
    – Cut/laceration
    – With depth
    – Partially regular
    margins
    – Contused margins
    – Effective on bone
    Penetrating Injuries

    Hard to detect !
    Carefully external examination !

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